Festive Mode

Strawberry chewies from Santosh Tyagi

Janmashtami prasad from Sunita Jajodia

The Club seems to have already got into the festival mode. Janmashtami began at midnight on Sunday and yesterday, Kiran Makharia made up for the absence of any celebration in the Garden with her sumptuous birthday (though belated) treat of mouth-watering pedas.

Navroz Mubarak, Shireen Homavazir!

Today it was Sunita Jajodia's turn to distribute Janmashtami prasad from the puja her family held at home yesterday.
The sweets, neatly packed in polythene, were just a precursor to the big jalebi bash our good friend Shireen Homavazir gave for Navroz – the Parsi New Year observed yesterday. A massive box of jalebis was placed on a table near the gate and everyone in the Garden was invited to dig into it to their heart’s content. Needless to mention, the box and its contents (as well as the hand tissue) disappeared within seconds. If that were not enough, there was Santosh Tyagi also, this time marking her return from a short, but well-spent week-end holiday at Panchgani with strawberry chewies!
By the month-end we shall be having the Ganesh festival, to be followed soon by the ten-day Navratri and Dussehra celebrations. And then there would be the mother of all festivities, Diwali, in October. Quite clearly, we have a busy breakfast calendar ahead.
Jagmohan Papneja:
India is often described as a land of fasts, feasts and festivals. A series of festivals lies ahead, as described in the blog. It is said that there are more festivals in India than there are days in the year. Big Laaf will enjoy the celebration of coming festivals together.